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Corresponding locations for this week’s news stories are numbered above.

“The unilateral halt to hositilities has come to an end with the AKP’s war policy and the latest attacks,” said the PKK in a statement. The PKK had declared the ceasefire on October 10th to ensure a “fair and just election.”

2) The city of Silvan, in the Kurdish-majority region of Turkey, is under a week long curfew. Local news outlets have reported that clashes between protesters and Turkish soldiers have left one taxi driver dead, and five others injured.

The curfew in Silvan is the latest in a string of Turkish government-imposed curfews in Kurdish-majority cities since mid-August.

Iraq (Bashur or Southern Kurdistan)

Governor Karim spoke about the unique qualities of Kirkuk, saying that despite the threat from ISIS, Kirkuk has been able to deliver humanitarian services for Kurdish, Arab, Turkmen, and Christian citizens.

Talabani also called for the urgent need to reassess the United States’ strategy against the Islamic State, saying that ISIS is able to cross between Syria and Iraq with great ease and agility, and that the United States needs “to start looking at Syria and Iraq in one piece.”

5) A suicide bomb killed four police officers in Kirkuk last week. This is one of the first attacks in months, and occurred in an otherwise peaceful and safe area of Kirkuk.

Governor Karim offered his condolences to the families of the victims, and spoke about mounting security challenges, due in part, to delayed payments by the central Iraqi government in Baghdad.

Syria (Rojava or Western Kurdistan)

6) The Turkish army has built up a significant military presence on the Syrian-Turkish border, across from the Efrîn Canton of Rojava.

7) The new Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continue to advance on the Islamic State south of al-Hasakah. The commander of the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) claims that the offensive involves a massive area, spanning into Iraq.

The SDF seeks to open a safe corridor between Mount Sinjar (Shingal) in western Iraq, and al-Hasakah in Cîzrê (Jazira) Canton of Rojava in Syria.

Iran (Rojhelat or Eastern Kurdistan)

8) A Kurdish-Iranian author has been forced to flee Iran after having been threatened with arrest for “social and cultural activities.”

Zainab Babayi was previously held for 11 months, and was released on the condition that she stop her activities.